[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3290 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3290

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the authority of the 
 Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish improvements and structural 
   alterations as part of home health services for disabled veterans.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 13, 2023

 Ms. Cortez Masto introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
           and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the authority of the 
 Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish improvements and structural 
   alterations as part of home health services for disabled veterans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Autonomy for Disabled Veterans 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO 
              FURNISH IMPROVEMENTS AND STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS AS PART 
              OF HOME HEALTH SERVICES FOR DISABLED VETERANS.

    (a) Increase.--Paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 1717 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
        ``in the case of a veteran'' before the em dash; and
            (2) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(A) who first applied for benefits under this paragraph, 
        for a non-service-connected condition, before the date of the 
        enactment of the Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act, and whose 
        condition the Secretary determines is service-connected after 
        such date, $6,800; or
            ``(B) other than a veteran described in subparagraph (A), 
        who first applied for benefits under this paragraph on or after 
        the date of the enactment of the Autonomy for Disabled Veterans 
        Act, $9,000.''.
    (b) Adjustment for Inflation; Cap on Benefits.--Such subsection is 
further amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5); and
            (2) by inserting, after paragraph (2), the following new 
        paragraphs (3) and (4):
    ``(3) On the first day of each fiscal year, the dollar amounts in 
effect under paragraph (2) shall--
            ``(A) increase by a percentage equal to the percentage by 
        which the residential home cost of construction index 
        established under section 2102(e)(3) of this title increased 
        during the previous fiscal year; or
            ``(B) if such index did not increase during such previous 
        fiscal year, remain the same.
    ``(4) The Secretary may not furnish more than three improvements or 
structural alterations under paragraph (2) to a veteran.''.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--A veteran who, before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, exhausted the eligibility of such veteran for 
benefits under such section, shall not be entitled to additional 
benefits under such section by reason of the amendments made by this 
Act.
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